Beckie Moulton, one of the owners of the home, says originally they liked the style of home because it was energy efficient. It’s cheap to heat in the winter and cheap to cool in the winter. It’s extremely durable — monolithic dome buildings are popular in disaster-prone of the U.S.

She’s not aware of any other homes of the same style in the Ottawa area. It was built in 2006 by Great Lakes Dome Company based in Southern Ontario.